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People look for morals in fiction because there has always been a confusion between fiction and philosophy.


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A lonely man is a lonesome thing, a stone, a bone, a stick, a receptacle for Gilbey's gin, a stooped figure sitting at the edge of a hotel bed, heaving copious sighs like the autumn wind.

A lonely man is a lonesome thing, a stone, a bone, a stick, a receptacle for Gilbey's gin, a stooped figure sitting at the edge of a hotel bed, heaving copious sighs like the autumn wind.



It was a splendid summer morning and it seemed as if nothing could go wrong.

It was a splendid summer morning and it seemed as if nothing could go wrong.



All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life.

All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life.



That's the way I remember them, heading for an exit.

That's the way I remember them, heading for an exit.



Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house.

Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house.



Fiction is art and art is the triumph over chaos… to celebrate a world that lies spread out around us like a bewildering and stupendous dream.

Fiction is art and art is the triumph over chaos… to celebrate a world that lies spread out around us like a bewildering and stupendous dream.



Art is the triumph over chaos.

Art is the triumph over chaos.



Homesickness is nothing. Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time.

Homesickness is nothing. Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time.



I've been homesick for countries I've never been, and longed to be where I couldn't be.

I've been homesick for countries I've never been, and longed to be where I couldn't be.



Then it is dark; it is a night where kings in golden suits ride elephants over the mountains.

Then it is dark; it is a night where kings in golden suits ride elephants over the mountains.





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Is it useful to feel fear, because it prepares you for nasty events, or is it useless, because nasty events will occur whether you are frightened or not?



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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.



Why should you practice Yoga? To kindle the divine fire within yourself. Everyone has a dormant spark of divinity in him which has to be fanned into flame.

Why should you practice Yoga? To kindle the divine fire within yourself. Everyone has a dormant spark of divinity in him which has to be fanned into flame.



I don't like it, and I'm sorry I ever had anything to do with it.

I don't like it, and I'm sorry I ever had anything to do with it.



The book is the book and it will always be there. It's a quiet ending. In the book it's a contemplative ending which I think you could certainly do that in a movie.

The book is the book and it will always be there. It's a quiet ending. In the book it's a contemplative ending which I think you could certainly do that in a movie.



The message is that all things are connected. We have animal aspects, anthropological aspects, plant-animal aspects.

The message is that all things are connected. We have animal aspects, anthropological aspects, plant-animal aspects.



I love dogs. I grew up with dogs in my family from the time that I was a little boy; we always had German Shepherds and Labradors. I get on very well with dogs, they trust me.

I love dogs. I grew up with dogs in my family from the time that I was a little boy; we always had German Shepherds and Labradors. I get on very well with dogs, they trust me.



Well, except for ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, New York Times, the Washington Post, and about another 100 newspapers, I find little evidence of liberal bias in the media.

Well, except for ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, New York Times, the Washington Post, and about another 100 newspapers, I find little evidence of liberal bias in the media.



The last job I applied for was to be a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority in 1957.

The last job I applied for was to be a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority in 1957.




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